Clash of ages: Elderly apartments vs. student housing

“What other choice do we have?” 88-year-old DeLoris Malmberg remarked of the smiles and stiff upper lips she and her friends were sporting Thursday while a delegation from Viterbo University inspected the apartments.

The building at 621 S. Ninth St. is virtually in the shadow of Mayo Clinic Health System-Franciscan Healthcare, which owns the roughly 30-year-old, 25-unit complex.